White Rock Wind Farm Explained

White Rock Wind Farm
Coordinates:-29.79°N 151.54°W
Country:Australia
Location:Glen Innes, New South Wales
Status:Operational
Construction Began:May 2016
Commissioned:August 2017
Cost:A$450m (Stage 1 & 2) (2011 dollars)
Owner:Goldwind Australia
Wind Farm Type:Onshore
Wind Hub Height:89.5m (293.6feet)
Wind Rotor Diameter:121m (397feet)
Ps Units Operational:70 × 2.5 MW
Ps Units Manu Model:Goldwind 121
Ps Electrical Capacity:175 MW
Ps Electrical Cap Fac:33.27% (average 2018-2021)
Ps Annual Generation:510.0 GWh (average 2018-2021)
Website:https://whiterockwindfarm.com/

White Rock Wind Farm is a wind farm in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is in the New England region of northern New South Wales, east of Inverell and west of Glen Innes. It is south of the Gwydir Highway. The Sapphire Wind Farm is north of the highway and Glen Innes Wind Farm is south of the highway closer to Glen Innes.[1] It is approved for up to 119 wind turbines, and stage 1 has been completed with 70 turbines.[2] In 2011 it had an estimated construction cost of A$450m.[3]

Operations

The wind farm began increasing output grid power in July 2017, was fully commissioned in February 2018 and has operated since then. The generation table uses eljmkt nemlog to obtain generation values for each month.

White Rock Wind Farm Generation (MWh)!Year!Total!Jan!Feb!Mar!Apr!May!Jun!Jul!Aug!Sep!Oct!Nov!Dec
201780,622N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A1,563*15,204*10,029*17,452*18,473*17,901*
2018520,68630,826*47,075*51,72047,18439,87446,46243,34349,25940,78040,16039,692*44,311
2019525,37330,78656,92244,35550,95943,41344,34249,50337,38945,09034,49742,63445,483
2020501,09533,44943,15954,14629,95144,30236,75845,32751,72448,54432,17932,37149,185
2021492,98843,13845,91247,52538,16830,66741,47949,61136,05230,62343,13848,02138,654
Note: Asterisk indicates power output was limited during the month.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sapphire Wind Farm Map. . 13 September 2019 .
  2. Web site: White Rock Wind Farm . White Rock Wind Farm . . 14 September 2019.
  3. Web site: White Rock WindFarm Environmental Assessment. 30 October 2020.